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Why and how to refer a student

Your experience at OSR or BGI was unlike anything else. The small size, intensive classes and professorial expertise prepared you to take on your current opportunity, whether it was starting a new social venture or helping a larger company reevaluate its leadership practices.

The need to create change agents does not end with you. To keep evolving the business landscape, we’ll need to equip more individuals with the background knowledge and skills to make a difference. You have the opportunity to contribute to the future of sustainable business by referring prospective students to Pinchot.

A few points about each program

Pinchot offers four programs committed to the common good – two sustainable MBAs and a Certificate through BGI at Pinchot and an MA in Organizational Leadership through OSR at Pinchot

Certificate programs take one year to complete, and allow for complete immersion in one of the topics below. Monthly in-person class sessions are held at Islandwood in the fall, winter and spring quarters, and at the downtown campus in summer.

BGI’s namesake of Bainbridge Island has shepherded hundreds of sustainability leaders and continues to ignite innovation through the MBA in Sustainable Systems, housed one weekend a month at the stunning IslandWood retreat, a short ferry ride from Seattle and a world away.

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Latest News

Please join us in congratulating current students Srirup Kumar and Joe McNulty on being accepted to compete in the 2015 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) at the University of Washington! This project challenges Washington students to “define an environmental problem, develop a solution, design and build a prototype, create a business plan that proves

We still have 5 slots available in the Cuba Study Abroad trip this summer (August 1st-8th). To reserve your spot, please make your $500 deposit here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/bainbridge2/event/464867/ More info here: We will be traveling with Cross Cultural Journeys. This travel organization is now headed up by Cilla Utne, a Cohort 4 alumni. The trip will cost

Our friends and colleagues at Organizational Systems Renewal (OSR) have found a new home. After a rigorous search over several months, OSR will be joining Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. Their program will be integrated into the Master of Arts in Organizational Development and Leadership (MA-ODL) program at FGU.

Pinchot Blog

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A Users’ Guide to the Afterlife of Fashion: The Story of Fiber Recycling in Seattle

March 12th, 2015 - Lauren Lark

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